adjective, straighter, straightest. 1. without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path. 2. exactly vertical or horizontal; in a perfectly vertical or horizontal plane: a straight table. 3. (of a line) generated by a point moving at a constant velocity with respect to another point.
1,181 pages on this wiki. The Young Man Meets Death, a 15th century Dutch print. The Pardoner's Tale (written in the original Middle English as The Pardoners Tale without an apostrophe) is a short story in verse from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.The tale takes the form of a religious fable which warns of the dangers of sin.,181 pages on this wiki. The Young Man Meets Death, a 15th century Dutch print. The Pardoner's Tale (written in the original Middle English as The Pardoners Tale without an apostrophe) is a short story in verse from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
What is ironic about the pledge the rioters make in these lines of The Pardoner's Tale? They made their bargain, swore with appetite. / These three, to live and die for one another / As brother-born might swear to his born brother..